This is an analysis of the poem A Lastima that begins with:
Eu não lastimo o próximo perigo,
Nem a escura prisão estreita e forte;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11100110010 101001010011 100110101010 010100001011 010110010110 1111001111 01011001 10010110100 111001010010 110110010100 1101101100 11101101100 110111100100 101011001100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; o is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
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More information about poems by Inácio José de Alvarenga Peixoto
- Analysis of Sonho Poético
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- Analysis of Ao Mundo Esconde O Sol Seus Resplendores
